Bullet or projectile



No. 622,582. Patented Apr. 4, 1399.

R. L. WYATT.

BULLET 0B PROJECTILE.

(Application filed Jan. 25, 1899.3

NITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

BU LLET OR PROJECTlLE.

SPECIFIGAT TOIQT forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,582, dated April 4, 1899. Application filed January 25, 1899- Serlal No. 708,374. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. WYATT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at \Vilson, in the county of Wilson and State of North Carolina, have invented new and use- 7, ful Improvements in Bullets or Projectiles,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bullets or projectiles, and pertains to a bullet or projectile provided with a central hard core and point and a relatively soft surrounding shell, all-of which will be fully describedhereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a bullet or projectile with a central longitudinallyextending stem projecting there through, the front end of the stem being pointed and provided with an annular groove oring shell of relatively soft metal, such as lead or copper, a bullet or projectile is furnished which will not wear and cut the bore of the gun as does a hard-lnetal-covered bullet, as will be readily understood, thus making the gun much longer lived and at the same time providing a bullet or projectile which is-capable of withstanding all of the end thrust necessary for piercing hard substances.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a front end perspective view of a bullet, showing it connected with a shell embodying my' invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the stem with the surrounding soft-metal shell removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the bullet or projectile detached from the shell. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of my bullet or projectile constructed for containing an explosive material.

Referring now to the drawings, A indicates the shell, which may be of the usual form and construction and in the end of which my bullet or projectile will be secured in any desired manner. 4 My present invention consists in providing the soft-metal shell 0, of lead, copper, or other soft metal, with a central and longitudinallyextending steel or hard-metal stem D. The forward end of this stem is formed into a piercing-point a of any desired external shape, according to the use of the bullet or projectile. The inner face of this point or head a is recessed forwardly, as shown at b, to form an annular groove in the inner face thereof and the rearwardl y-proj ectin g arrow-l1 earl-shaped flange c. I

This hard-metal stem, formed of steel or similar material, projects entirely through the soft-metal shell and is provided with a head G of a diameter smaller than the diameter of the surrounding soft metal shell, as illustrated, and the rear face of this head orproj ection G is preferably concaved inwardly. as shown at g, as is usual in bullets or projectiles to cause the concentration of the force of the explosive placed in the shell, which makes the bullets flight more accurate, as is well understood by those skilled in the art. The inner face of this rear head G of the stem is provided with an inwardly-extending annular recess e, forming an approximately arrowheadshaped inwardlyprojecting annular flange f.

The object of having the stem project entirely through the soft-metal shell and prof viding the rear head G of the stem with the annular groove e and the inner face of the head or. point a with an oppositely-projecting annular cavity 1) is to prevent any possibility of the soft-metal shell spreading at either end and therefore separating from the hard-steel stem, and thus mushrooming when a hard substance is struck thereby. I

From this description it will be seen that I provide the bullet or projectile with a stem of a size sufiicient to stand all the end thrust to which-the bullet or projectile will be subjected, while at the same time I have a surrounding soft-metal shell projecting beyond the front and rear heads of the stem, so that the soft-metal shell is in contact with the bore of the gun, for the purpose hereinbefore explained.

To prevent the front edge or end of the softmetal shell from spreading in the passage of the bullet or projectile through a hard substance,.I provide the-head or point a witha forward auxiliary angular recess h, which overlaps the inner recessic thereof and into which the soft-me'tal shell has its front end to project and is inserted and protected thereby. From this it will seen that the point a is provided with aforward and area'rward annular flange, both of which receive the softmetal shell, the forward annular flange reaching'over the soft-metal shell and therefore opening the ay for the passage of the softmetal shell in piercing a hard substance, such as armor-plate or hard wood; This construction of the point or head prevents the front end of thesoft-metal shell from havinga tendency to spread outward, as would otherwise be the case if the front edge of the soft-metal shell was not protected by the overlying rearwardly-extending'front flange h.

, ,From' the'above description it will be seen.

- that Ihave provided a'bullet or projectile for use in small or large firearms which is strengthened by the longitudinally-extending steel or hard-metal'stem for piercing purposes,

' while a soft-metal surrounding shell is .pro-

vided for contact with the inner bore of the gun to prevent wear thereon, and a projectile or bullet is provided which, is thought to be superior to a solid-steel bullet or projectile in that it is cheaper to construct and-is heavy.

As shown in Fig.4, I show my bullet or projectile constructed with a space between the stem thereof and the outer shell for containing an explosive material I of an ydesired chemicals or explosives, such as large pro ectiles are provided with.

c Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- 1. An improved bullet or projectile comprising an outer soft-metal shell, a stem extending therethrough from end to end, the

stem having a head with a forwardly-projectdinally-extending stem, a surrounding softmetal shell, the stem having a front head provided with a forwardly-projecting recess on its inner face, and a forwardly-projecting recess on its periphery forming a rearwardlyprojecting flange, the soft-1n etal shell projecting into the said recesses, whereby the hardmetal. flange forms a protection t'sierefor, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ;my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT L.- WYA'lT. \Vitnesses:

M. BUNN, A. S. PATTI'SYON. 

